Originally Posted by
hueyhoolihan
draw a diagonal line on a piece of paper, then cut the paper horizontally and move the two pieces apart. as the distance increases between the two pieces of paper, the two sections will remain parallel to one-another but an imaginary line connecting their nearest endpoints will not be parallel to either one of them.
anyway, if i were concerned enough, i would remove the spacer and see i what i had to begin with.
I don't believe anybody puts a spacer between the head tube and crown race. So, unless the OP was messing with the original lower headset bearings, this should be irrelevant.